Adobe Photoshop Training - Photoshop CS 3

Photoshop CS 3 is a 2-day course that covers the basics of Photoshop while providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive and adept using it. This course also explores new features released in Photoshop CS 3 such as Adobe Bridge and ways to optimize and create web content using Photoshop and ImageReady.

Price: $795.00
GSA Price: $795.00

This course runs 8:30 am - 5:30 pm on both days for a total of 16 hours of instruction.

• Use the mouse, standard menus and commands
• Open, save and close files

• Use the Photoshop work area
• Preform basic photo color correction and cropping
• Apply Masks and Channels
• Use Advanced Layer Techniques
• Create Graphics Using Vector Drawing Tools
• Optimize images for the web

• Starting to Work in Adobe Photoshop
• Using the Tools
• Using the Tool Options Bar and Other Palettes
• Undoing Actions in Photoshop
• Jumping to Adobe ImageReady
• Toolbox overview

• Viewing and Editing Files in Adobe Bridge
• Embedding Information for Easy Identification
• Searching with Adobe Bridge
• Using Favorites and Collections
• Automating Routine Tasks
• Acquiring Stock Photography

• Strategy for Retouching
• Resolution and Image Size
• Straightening and Cropping and Image
• Making Auto Adjustments
• Manually Adjusting the Tonal Range
• Removing a Color Cast
• Replacing Colors in an Image
• Adjusting Lightness with the Dodge Tool
• Adjusting Saturation with the Sponge Tool
• Applying the Unsharp Mask Filter
• Comparing Automatic and Manual Results
• Saving the Image for Four-Color Printing

• Repairing Areas with the Clone Stamp Tool
• Using the Spot Healing Brush Tool
• Retouching on a Separate Layer

• Selecting with the Magic Wand Tool
• Using the Magic Wand with Other Selection Tools
• Working with Oval and Circular Selections
• Selecting with the Lasso Tools
• Rotating a Selection
• Selecting with the Magnetic Lasso Tool
• Cropping an Image and Erasing within a Selection

• Using the Layer Palette
• Rearranging Layers
• Applying a Layer Style
• Flattening and Saving Files

• Creating a Quick Mask
• Editing a Quick Mask
• Saving a Selection as a Mask
• Editing a Mask
• Loading a Mask as a Selection and Applying an Adjustment
• Extracting an Image
• Applying a Filter Effect to a Masked Selection
• Creating a Gradient Mask
• Applying Effects Using a Gradient Mask

• Processing Camera Raw Files
• Correcting Digital Photographs
• Editing Images with a Vanishing-point Perspective
• Correcting Image Distortion
• Creating a PDF Portfolio

• Creating a Clipping Mask from Type
• Creating a Design Element from Type
• Using Interactive Formatting Controls
• Warping Point Type
• Designing a Paragraph of Type
• Warping a Layer
• Dancing with Type

• About Bitmap Images and Vector Graphics
• About Paths and the Pen Tool
• Using Paths with Artwork
• Creating Scalable Objects for the Background
• Working with Defined Custom Shapes
• Importing a Smart Object

• Creating Paths to Clip a Layer
• Creating Layer Sets
• Creating an Adjustment Layer
• Creating a Knockout Gradient Layer
• Importing a Layer from Another File
• Applying Layer Styles
• Duplicating and Clipping Layer
• Liquifying a Layer
• Creating a Border layer
• Flattening a Layered Image

• Automating a Multistep Task
• Setting up a Four-image Montage
• Hand-Coloring Selections on a Layer
• Changing the Color Balance
• Applying Filters

• Slicing an Image in Photoshop
• Jumping to ImageReady
• Creating Rollover States
• Optimizing Images in ImageReady